Monday, July 14, 2014

More camp news coming!


And when the tents were finished we had a chance to draw, play, garden, take a gallery tour and cook in the kitchen, and even have a visit from a nutritionist! What  blast!













More letters home from camp!




As you scroll down you can see how the campers designed - problem solved- cut- drew- planned- sewed- built skylights and windows- made friends- and enjoyed- making their very own tents!












Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Art & Gardening Camp


Camp was AMAZING this year! As I am sure you can see from all the smiling faces! The kids spent the week learning about the organic garden, making individual life size tents, designing cigar boxes, touring the grounds and the gallery and our culminating event was a delicious lunch that they cooked! 

Many thanks to the wonderful guests we had:
Amanda Deibert- tentmaker extraordinaire
Phoebe Canakis- Natural Foods Chef
Dsaha Gardecki- apron maker
Ann Wellock-nutritionist

Stay tuned for more pictures!

Sunday, April 27, 2014

april events

The kids have been really busy lately, so here's what we've been up:

One day we visited a local exhibition. The artist, Nancy Sarangoulis, displayed works that were inspired by her trip to India. 




Jacob, admiring some of the sculpture work.



 Fernando, with his painting that was inspired by the show! 




One day we made these cute little terrariums. 




One day we had a local nutritionist come in and give us a lesson on healthier food choices.

Here's the group intently listening to her words of wisdom! 



and one cold rainy day we watched a silent movie, called The Red Balloon!!!  


Tuesday, March 25, 2014

interview questions

Today the students who attend Art After School put on their thinking caps!! They all came up with their own set of interesting questions to ask each other. They had a blast really getting to know one another and learning funny interesting facts about each other.

Here's a picture of Jacob asking Fernando some interesting questions!


Here are the boys fun interview questions!!

Jacob's Questions and Fernando's answers:  
Who do you love?
My family, I love my parents.
Whats your favorite thing to do?
Direct movies, I like directing horror movies.
How would you like to rule the world??
No, because I would abuse my power.

Fernando's Questions and Jacob's answers"
If you could be any movie star who would it be?
Emmett, from the Lego Movie.
Do you have any siblings?
No, except for cousins.
Do you play sports?
Yes, a different sport each season, like soccer in the fall. 

And here the girls, Haley and Izzy, are asking some very interesting questions.



Here are the girls interview questions!

Haley's Questions and Izzy's answers:
What do you like to do in school?
Music.
What do you do in your free time?
Draw.
What do you love to eat?
Bacon Pizza!!!
What's your favorite color?
Blue.
Who would you like to invite to dinner?
Louis Tomlinson (from One Direction!!)
What 3 colors would you describe yourself in?
Yellow for happy, blue for sad, and black for darkness.
If you could pick a song to be the soundtrack of your life what would it be?
"One Way or Another" by One Direction!!!! 

Izzy's questions and Haley's answers:
What is your name?
Haley!
What is your favorite color?
Pink.
What's your favorite food?
Macaroni. 
What's your favorite number?
23.
What's your favorite subject?
Art.
What's your favorite song?
"Roar" by Katty Perry
What's your favorite animal?
Cat.
What's your favorite breakfast food?
Honey-nut Cheerios.
If you could go anywhere where would you go?
Australia 

We also started a really cool design your own band-aid contest!!!    
Each child was given a band-aid to design how ever they like, pictures were taken of each one and were sent  throughout the campus to faculty and students. There will be a winner in the four different categories!!!!!! 



Friday, March 7, 2014

Playing Dress Up!

In the Becoming Male exhibition we used the dress up station to strike a pose!

Snow Art!

We used food coloring to make temporal paintings in the snow!

Art Lab Valentine's Party